Author's note: Wicked short ass chapter ; I know. Next one's loooong though, so wait for that one XD

To answer the Morrison questions, yes, there will be much of him later XD Whole huge chapter on some of his background. I would adress each of you individually, but, I don't have time right now D: I'm sorry. Anyway, enjoy

Adversity: Section 3

Sarah felt lied to. She felt distrusted and lied to. Even after they had been to the Lost World and seen the dinosaurs for her self, Malcolm still had not told her anything about the exact incidents that occurred at Jurassic Park six years before. Sarah was angry.

They had spent the last ten minutes explaining the ordeal at Jurassic Park, the only interruption being Levine answering the door for Thorne. They had gone through twelve cups of coffee, and the mugs were stacked in Levine's sink. The dinosaurs were still struggling to hatch in the background.

Levine was sitting in a kitchen chair, expression unreadable. But his eyes seemed either scared, or surprised. Sarah couldn't quite put a finger on it.

No one spoke for several minutes after the explanation dwindled to nothing, and the only sound that could be heard was Levine swallowing uneasily. After the third or fourth swallow, Grant broke the silence.

"Thought you were dead…" he murmured, glancing in Malcolm's direction, the paleontologist giving the mathematician one of his crooked smiles. Malcolm returned a crooked smile; one Sarah had never seen him wear before.

"Thought I was too… amazing what modern medicine can do…"

Sarah didn't like this. Around these people Malcolm had a completely different personality. They weren't even close background friends! They had only spent a few days together! She supposed it had to do something with the fact that they had been in a life threatening situation together that brought them closer together. She didn't like the sudden change in personality, but she let it slide and didn't bug him about it, or speak her mind like she usually would.

Thorne was leaning over the hatching eggs, and Levine, whose nerves were obvious, was watching them as well, trying to find something to occupy his time with.

"So what have you been up to for the past six years?" Ellie questioned, her bright, beautiful eyes shining. Sarah felt a wave of jealousy.

Malcolm let out a small groan, once again rubbing his temples. "Ask the twit to your left," he stated, eyes flowing over to Levine. Levine pretended not to notice.

"Does it have something to do with the dinosaurs?" Ellie asked, looking towards the eggs briefly.

"Well," Malcolm stated, blinking, "we found out a large secret about Jurassic Park…"

Grant suddenly looked interested. "What was it?"

"They didn't breed the dinosaurs on the island. The tour they took us on? Was all just a lie."

"What do you mean?"

"Well--"

Thorne suddenly cut Malcolm off. "Shut up you two, the dinosaurs are coming out.."

Everyone crowded around the table.